§ 156.142 B-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
   (A)   Permitted uses and structures.
      (1)   Retail businesses and customary accessory service activities;
      (2)   A dwelling unit or lodging room as an accessory use in the principal building;
      (3)   Temporary buildings and structures incidental to construction work only for the period of such work;
      (4)   Planned developments, business, on tracts or land of four acres or more in area in accordance with §§ 156.250 through 156.256;
      (5)   Recreational vehicle parks in accordance with the minimum requirements of §§ 156.250 through 156.256;
      (6)   Amusement establishments such as bowling alleys, pool halls, dance halls, amusement parks, and other outdoor amusement facilities with approval of Zoning Board;
      (7)   Automobile service stations, boat sales, rentals, storage and repair, greenhouses, retail, machinery sales, monument sales, motor vehicle sales, plumbing showrooms and shops, restaurants (other than drive-ins), and taverns, excluding live entertainment and dancing, secondhand stores and rummage shops, trailer sales, and rental for use with private passenger motor vehicles;
      (8)   Animal hospitals, auction rooms, blue-printing and photo stating establishments, frozen food lockers, motels, laboratories (medical and dental), launderettes, model homes or garage displays, schools, undertaking establishments must be approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals;
      (9)   Clubs and lodges, nonprofit, convention and meeting halls, exhibition halls, charitable institutions, and parking lots, open and other than accessory and subject to the provisions of this subchapter; and
      (10)   Building material sales, retail, but not including processing or manufacture of millwork, contractors or construction offices and shops, without outside storage, dry cleaning establishments, fuel and ice sales provided liquid fuels in excess of 120 gallons are stored in underground tanks, garages for storage, repair, and servicing of motor vehicles, laundries, printing, publishing.
   (B)   Uses permitted as special exceptions by Board of Zoning Appeals upon variance application in discretion of Board.
      (1)   Theaters, drive-in: provided vehicular entrance and exit points are on thoroughfares located within a business or manufacturing district and traffic control regulations are provided, no building or structure shall be set back from a property line adjoining a street or a residence district boundary line less than 40 feet and from other property lines not less than 20 feet, artificial lighting shall be arranged so that direct rays of light shall not beam upon adjoining properties and streets, and off-street reservoir parking spaces are installed, equal in number to 10% of the vehicle capacity of the theater;
      (2)   Highway maintenance garages and yards;
      (3)   Uses, buildings, and structures customarily accessory and clearly incidental to the above permitted uses when located on the same lot as the principal use. This must be determined by the Zoning Board of Appeals; and
      (4)   Transitional yards: along a side lot line which coincides with a side or rear lot line of a lot in a residence district, a yard shall be provided equal in width to the side yard required for a lot in the residence district.
   (C)   Maximum height of structures. Thirty feet and other heights to be determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
   (D)   Minimum off-street parking and loading requirements.
      (1)   Off-street parking.
Type
Requirement
Type
Requirement
Auto laundries
1 parking space for each employees plus 1 space for owner or manager and reserve parking spaces equal in number to 5 times the maximum capacity of the auto laundry
Automobile service stations
1 parking space for each employee plus 2 spaces for each service stall with no wrecker service, no storage except as variance might be granted by Board of Zoning Appeals
Banks
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area plus 1 parking space for each employee
Bowling alleys
7 parking spaces for each alley plus such additional spaces as may be required herein for affiliated uses (subject to approval of Zoning Board of Appeals)
Business, professional, and public administration of service office building
1 parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area plus 1 parking space for each employee
Furniture and appliance stores
1 parking space for each 400 square feet of floor area
Gymnasiums, health salons, swimming pools, skating rinks, and dance halls - commercial
1 parking space for each 3 persons based upon maximum design capacity plus 1 space for each 3 employees (subject to approval of Zoning Board of Appeals)
Medical and dental clinics
3 parking spaces for each examining or treatment room plus 1 for each doctor and each employee in the building
Motels
1 parking space for each dwelling unit
Motor vehicle sales, wholesale stores, and stores for repair of household equipment or furniture
1 parking space for each 400 square feet of floor area
Other business and commercial establishments
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area, subject to Board of Zoning Appeals approval
Other permitted or special exception uses
Parking spaces as determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals
Private clubs and lodges in commercial area
Must secure variance from Board of Zoning Appeals
Residence
Same as in R-1 Urban Residential District
Restaurants and taverns
1 parking space for each 3 persons based upon the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time in accordance with design capacity, must appeal to Zoning Board Appeals for variance
Schools, commercial or trade and music, dance, or business
1 parking space for each 2 employees plus 1 space for each 3 students based on the maximum student design capacity
Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors
20 parking spaces for each chapel or parlor plus 1 space for each funeral vehicle maintained on the premises
Warehouse, storage, wholesale, and mail order
1 parking space for each 2 employees based upon the maximum number of persons employed on the premises plus 1 space for each vehicle maintained on the premises, to be determined by Board of Zoning Appeals
 
      (2)   Off-street loading and unloading. Subject to approval of Board of Zoning Appeals.
 
Use
Gross Floor Area
No. of Berths
Business or commercial uses
5,000 to 10,000 sq. ft
1 (10’ x 25’)
10,000 to 25,000 sq. ft.
2 (10’ x 25’ each)
25,000 to 40,000 sq. ft.
2 (10’ x 50’ each)
40,000 to 100,000 sq. ft.
3 (‘10’ x 50’ each)
Each additional 200,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof over 100,000 sq. ft.
1 (10’ x 50’)
Planned developments, business
The total of the required berths for each additional use
 
   (E)   Limitation on signs. For each use no sign intended to be read from off the premises shall be permitted except in accordance with the following provisions: business signs and advertising signs in accordance with the following provisions.
      (1)   (a)   The gross surface area in square feet of all signs on a lot shall not exceed six times the lineal feet of frontage of the lot.
         (b)   Each side of the lot which adjoins a street shall be considered a separate frontage.
      (2)   (a)   A business sign when affixed to a building shall not project more than eight feet from the building.
         (b)   A business sign not affixed to a building shall not be nearer than five feet to a street right-of-way line and shall not obstruct the view of intersection or vehicle traffic.
         (c)   Subject to approval of Board of Zoning Appeals.
      (3)   A business sign affixed to a building shall project no higher than six feet above building height. A business sign not affixed to a building shall project no higher than 30 feet.
      (4)   Advertising signs affixed to a building wall shall not project more than six feet from the wall, and must not exceed the width of the sidewalk, and not project higher than the building height. Freestanding advertising signs shall be located no closer than 40 feet to a street right-of-way line, 20 feet to a rear property line, five feet to a side lot line, and 100 feet to a residence district boundary line, nor project higher than 20 feet above the mean elevation of the finished grade of the adjoining ground or pavement. Subject to Zoning Board of Appeals.
      (5)   Any sign not affixed to a building and located within three feet of a driveway or parking area or within 50 feet of the intersection of two or more streets shall have its lowest elevation at least nine feet above the mean elevation of the finished grade of the adjoining ground or pavement. Subject to Board of Zoning of Appeals.
      (6)   Signs may have constant or flashing illumination, provided that where a sign is illuminated by light reflected upon it, direct rays of light shall be shielded from residential buildings and the highway.
(Ord. 2014-26, passed 9- -2014) Penalty, see § 156.999